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Monster Midway An Uninhibited Look At the Glittering World of the Carny
de Gresham, William Lindsay
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- Librería
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Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
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E-128: Rinehart. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1953. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Rinehart & Company, New York. 1953. 319 pgs. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth with titles present to the spine. Boards have light wear present to the extremities of the boards. Previous owner's bookplate present to the front pastedown. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Iconic work on American carnivals of the mid-20th century and the characters who peopled them. The carny world was a special interest of Gresham who contibuted many articles on the subject for magazines such as Collier's , Life, Esquire and True. His earlier book, "Nightmare Alley", was a novel dealing with the sleazy underbelly of the carnival world. William Lindsay Gresham (August 20, 1909 September 14, 1962) was an American novelist and non-fiction author particularly regarded among readers of noir. His best-known work is Nightmare Alley (1946) , which was adapted into a 1947 film starring Tyrone Power. E-128; 9.0 X 6.0 X 1.0 inches; 309 pages .
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- Librería
- Last Exit Books
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 60799
- Título
- Monster Midway An Uninhibited Look At the Glittering World of the Carny
- Autor
- Gresham, William Lindsay
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- Edición
- First Edition; First Printing
- Editorial
- Rinehart
- Lugar de publicación
- E-128
- Fecha de publicación
- 1953
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